Venice is among the most visited places in the world and that happens all year round. However, the summer months are busier than others. We were in Venice for a few days at the end of September and followed the itinerary below. ;)

As we are in Venice, we started our holiday in the beautiful city with a boat ride. Boat rides are used in Venice both to entertain tourists or for moving from one place to another. The Grand Canal is the major waterway of the city that creosses the heart of the city.

Along the Grand Canal, there are many of the city’s most beautiful palaces and buildings. Also along Grand Canal, there's one of the popular spots of the city, Rialto Bridge, with its beautiful arched design and portico.

We got off the boat and started exploring the city on foot. We arrived at this marveloous sight, Scala Contarini del Bovolo, a restored 15th century palace with its fantasctic brick and marble spiral staircase in the exterior of the palace. There's also a great view from the top of the palace.

Piazza San Marco is the central square of Venice and the most famous one. Many of Venice’s most famous sights are located around St Mark’s Square. The large beautiful square is lined with many restaurants and cafes where people sit to admire the beauty of the city. The square opens up to Grand Canal and the waterway. It's actually one major place where you cand take the boat from.

Saint Mark’s Basilica is the city cathedral since 1807. It's a marvelous cathedral built in 11th century with a Byzantine style architecture. The interiors are covered in gold and mosaics.

St. Mark’s Campanile is the bell tower of Saint Mark's Basilica. As it is visible rom most parts of the city, Campanile functioned both as a lighthouse and belltower for Venice.

Built on the remains of old fortifications, the Doge’s Palace is a fantastic palace in Gothic and Renaissance architecture dating from the 14th and 15th century. The palace was used as a prinson for a period.

The last sight visited for the day was the amazing Bridge of Sighs situated behind Doge’s Palace. The covered bridge carved from limestone was actually used to connect the prison (the Doge’s Palace) with cells in the palace, it was used to move prisoners around.

Having visited most of the major attactions in the city center, now we decided to explore some other parts of Venice. San Giorgio Maggiore is a small island with the large Church of San Giorgio Maggiore that dominats the island. We visited the church and also checked the lighthouse on the island.

We moved to the large island of Giudecca, near San Maggiore. It used to be an industrial area full of factories, warehouses and shipyards. Now it's pleasant neighbourhood with homes, parks, churches, neo-gothic architecture, plus restaurants and hotels.

Dorsoduro neighbourhood issituated on the other side of the Grand Canal, opposite the city center. It's is considered a quieter and more authentic part of Venice. There are plenty of beautiful sights to see there, like Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute and the Punta della Dogana art museum and many others.

Castello district starts from Piazza San Marco towards the estern end of Venice. The neighbourhood is known for being a  center of art thanks to the Venice Biennale. Held every two years, you can explore exhibits of the Art Biennale Festival at the Giardini Della Biennale and Arsenal.

On the third day in Venice we moved even further from the city center. The first spot visited wad Burano, the colourful fishing island. The lines with  bright colourful hoses are the ones attracting visitors here.

Next was Murano, a beautiful archipelago with beautiful colorful traditional waterfront houses. We took a stroll on the main island in Murano and also visited Murano Lighthouse and Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato. 

Aaaand, in the afternoon we moved to Lido, especially for the beach. It's the island where Venice Film Festival is taking place. We spent most of the afternoon on the beach, relaxing, swimming and sunbathing. 

Three Days in Venice

It's quite easy to reach Genoa from different parts of Europe. It has its own airport and it's well conected to major Italian cities. Probably most common way to arrive in Genoa is from Milan. It's a beautiful city on the coast of Ligurian Sea and it's often visited together with famous region of Cinque Terre, not very far from the city. We had a day to explore Genoa and we enjoyed it a lot.

Piazza Raffaele de Ferrari is the main square in the city, a beautiful place with a large arch gallery and a big fountain. It's the entrance to the city's old town.

Palazzo Reale Genova is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It dates back to 1600s and it's impressive. We were amazed by the second floor "Room of the Mirrors" and by its fantastic gardens. It also has a beautiful terrace with views over the harbour.

Via Garibaldi is also a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the main streets in Genoa. On this street there are lined most of the impressive palaces dating from 1500s, when Genoa was an important power and rich families built their palaces there.

We moved towards Port of Genoa, had a walk along the water watching the cityscape and breathing salty air.

Genova Aquarium is a famous spot of the city. It's nice to go visit. It houses many marine and freshwater species.

Cathedral of San Lorenzo is the most important church in Genoa, sitting right in the city’s center. It has has beautiful frescoes interior and from the tower of the cathedral, there are amazing views.

We arrived at Spianata Castelletto and could not have missed the amazing view in all the directions over Genoa city and Genoa port. There's an elevator that takes you right at the balcony.

On our way towards the station, we wandered the narrow streets of Genoa old town and we even managed to get lost at some point, but the streets are very beautiful and we rather enjoyed it. 

We arrived at the station. It's a beautiful place atually with its high white ceilings.

One Day in Genoa

Bari was the starting point of our holiday travel in Puglia region of Italy. Italy is gorgeous ans Puglia is among my favourite regions of the country. Located in the south of the country, right at the heel of the Italian boot, the region is famous for its white cities along the Adriatic coast, its old olive groves and perfect beaches. 

From Bari, we rented a car and headed along the coast to our first stop, Polignano a Mare. It's a supreb small town perched on a limestone cliff. Beautifuil old town with fine white buildings and the most spectacular views over the sea.

This is the point with the most panoramic view in the city.

We took time to relax at the most beatiful beach, Lama Monachile, which is actually a cove with a small pebble beach flanked by dramatic cliffs.

We spent the first night in Polignano a Mare.

On the second day, after breakfast, we jumped in the car and headed to nearby coastal town of Monopoli.

We visited the lovely small town of Monopoli and had a walk along beautiful Lungomare sea-front promenade and towards the small port with fishermen and fishermen boats.

Ostuni is known as The White City because of its white buildings in the old town. It's a beautiful town with its center sitting on a hill. It's a lovely town. We took the time to visit its super narrow streets and admired every corner of it and every small cafe we we found pretty much around every corner of the town.

At the end of the day we arrived in the unique town of Alberobello, which is a spectacular town with particular architecture, the famous "trulli", traditional Puglian stone huts with cone-shaped roofs. We visited the gorgeous town and spent the night in one of these magical trulli.

After the breakfast, it was time to hit the road again.

We headed to Gallipoli, on the Ioanian Sea. The cutest thing about Gallipoli is that the old town is situated on a small island you can access via an old bridge. We checked the photogenic Gallipoli Fish Market and visited the old town.

We then drove to one of the most beautiful spots on this part of Italy, Grotta della Poesia. It's a natural swimming pool, a hole in the cliffs by the sea, where you can swim in crystal claer waters.

At the end of the day we arrived in Otranto, where we spent the night.

We were a bit tired of so much sightseeing from previous day, so we decided to spend the entire day by the beach.

We drove to Baia dei Turchi. After we parked the car, we had a short walk through a pine forest and the arrived at this absolutely gorgeous beach, Baia dei Turchi, with sand beach and shallow clear water. It was pure pleasure to spend the day here.

In the evening we drove back to Bari and spent the last night here.

It was our final day in Puglia region. Before leaving to the airport we had just enough time to wander through Bari old center and have something to eat.

Road Trip in Puglia

Known for the famous Juliet's Balcony, from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Verona has much more to offer other than that. 

Verona Cathedral or Cattedrale di Santa Maria Matricolare is an impressive Romanesque cathedral with a striped façade, notable for its beautiful interior frescoes and well preserved artwork by Titian.

Basilica di Santa Anastasia is a large beautiful church from 13th century featuring a famous Gothic fresco by Pisanello, "St. George and the Princess".

Scaliger Tombs is a burial site for Scaligeri family, the ruling family of Verona. The site displays five great Gothic monuments.

Piazza Dei Signori was the main public square and a major gathering place of Verona during  Scaglieri family rule. It's a very beautiful square even today.

Piazza delle Erbe is another historic square. It's one of the most vibrant squares of the city. It serves as Verona’s Market Square and it's surrounded by nice bars and cafes.

Of course we went to see Juliet’s House with the famous Juliet’s Balcony, located in a small courtyard. It;s a beautiful spot, no doubt about that.

Verona Arena is a stunning well preserved Roman amphitheater located on a large square in Verona.

Another landmark of Verona is CastelVecchio Bridge, part of castle complex. It's a spectacular bridge across the Adige River reeminding of a different era.

We ended the day with a delicious dinner at Ristorante Maffei in the city center.

Verona

Portofino is a former fishing village, now transformed into an exclusive resort by the Liguraina Sea, south of Genoa. Most people arrive here from Genoa, this is exactly what we also did to visit the beautiful town.

We explored the streets of picturesque Portofino starting from "Piazzetta", the central square of the town. We admired its old and colorful houses overlooking the sea.

We visited San Martino Church, right in the main square. It's the main church in Portofino, with beautiful paintings at the interior. 

We then visited Castle Brown located high above the harbour of Portofino. It's an ancient military fortress built in the 15th century that used to protect the town from pirates. There are some magnificent views over the bay and the sea from there.

We then took a hike to the ancient Portofino Lighthouse. It's not a difficult climb and the views from there are absolutely fantastic.

We returned to the main square, bought an ice cream and sat on a bench enjoying the icecream and "hunting" celebrities. Portofino is pretty popular among the celebrities.

For the last part of the day, we simply relaxed at the beach. Paraggi Beach is the most popular beach in Portofino. It is a sandy beach with beautiful green waters.

One Day in Portofino, Italy

The Italian town of Pisa is famous for the Leaning Tower of Pisa. That's pretty much everthnig most of the tourists know about Pisa and the reason they travel there. But Pisa is much more than that so you can consider spending one day in the city.

What a beautiful name for a square: Piazza dei Miracoli, meaning the Square of Miracles. It got its name after an Italian poet described the place as “meadow of miracles”, beacause the square has a large green space. It's also a UNESCO world heritage site.

Pisa Cathedral is situated in Piazza del Duomo, along with  Pisa Baptistery and the Camposanto Monumentale. The three structures are considered sacred by the Catholic Church, symbolizing the three main stages of human life: birth (the baptistery), life (the cathedral), and death (the cemetery). The complex of three is considered one of the most exceptional architectural complexes in the world. If you visit the cathedral, consider climbing to the top for a spectacular view of the city.

The iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa is part of Pisa Cathedral. It's a spectacular bell tower build over two centuries starting with 1173. Its inclination is due to the soft subsoil that was not taken into consideration at the time. In recent years, efforts were made for the tower to stop moving, the corrections made seem to have stopped further leaning of the tower. It's possible to climb in the tower, there are great views from above.

After spending much time in Piazza del Duomo, it was time to move further, to Piazza Dei Cavalieri, the Knights’ Square. It's the second main square of the city, surrounded by old palaces with beautiful façades.

We took a walk ion Via S. Frediano, a nice narrow street till we reached a nice place to eat.

Osteria dei Cavalieri is a wonderful little tavern with delicious food and nice atmosphere.

We then visited L’Orto Botanico dell’Università di Pisa, the Botanical Garden of Pisa, which is the oldest university botanical garden in Europe.

Borgo Stretto is the city’s main pedestrian street with filled with shops, most of them expensive.

Palazzo Blu is a restored 14th century house, now home to Museum of Art and Culture.

Pisa is crossed by Arno River. From the bridges over the river, there are nice view of the cute buildings along the river.

In Pisa, there's a nice mural, Tuttomondo, meaning Allworld. It was created by by American artist Keith Haring as one of his latest works before his death of AIDS. It  represents universal peace.

Pisa

Bergamo is a popular destination, many times for short stays, as it has an important airport with flights from many cities in Europe and not only. It is also very close to Milan, so it is easily accesible. And it's a really beautiful town, it's worth spending a day there.

The most touristic part of Bergamo is Citta Alta, which means The Upper City. It's the old city situated up on a hill. You can get there either by bus, by funicular of on foot. It might be a bit exhausting if you walk there, but the views are really nice on your way up the hill.

Piazza Vecchia, meaning The Old Square, is the main square of the old town. It's a beautiful pedestrian squares that opens to different nice narrow streets of the old town

Situatted in Piazza Vecchia, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is a large stunning Romanesque church.

La Marianna Cafe in Citta Alta is popular place in Bergamo. People stop there to have a good coffee and one of the best gelatos in Bergamo. It's the place where Stracciatella gelato was invented.

After we walked the beautiful narrow streets of the old town, we climbed even further to San Vigilio, on top of Citta Alta. There are great views from there over the city. On clear days you can see as far as to the Alps peaks. You can either walk there or take the funicular.

We visited the remains of an ancient stone castle, Torre Castello San Vigilio, up on the hill at San Vigilio. The castle has some nice hidded underground tunnels and a lovely park with beautiful views over the town and the surroundings.

After we visited the castle, we stopped for a coffee with a view at San Vigilio cafe. 

There's also a nice small church just in the main little square of San Vigilio. 

After we visited Citta Alta, we walke along the beautiful walls of the old city towards the new city below. It was a really beautiful walk with views of the city along the way.

One Day in Bergamo

Perugia is the capital of lovely region of Umbria in Italy. Located in the center of the country, at the foot of Apennine Mountains, the city is one of Italy's "secrets" as it is a bit shadowed by other more famous Italian cities and areas.

We arrived in the center of the town, in beautiful Fontana Maggiore square. Built in the 13th century, the fountain sitting in the middle of the square is a lovely marble fountain with carvings of biblical scenes and zodiac signs. It was always an important meeting point.

Sitting in the main square of the city, Palazzo dei Priori is a beautiful Gothic palace from 13th century now housing the National Gallery, with exhibits of regional art.

Also in the main square, Perugia Cathedral is a beautiful Roman Catholic cathedral with fine paintings and fresoes at the interior.

We left the very center of the city and wandered the streets of the old town. We visited Rocca Paolina, a remains of a Renaissance fortress in Perugia, built in 16th century for Pope Paul III.

Walking the streets of Perugia, you can admire every here and there the old defensive walls around the historic center.

Beautiful arch, one of 7 in the city that served as an entrance to the city of Perugia. It is considered the best remaining example of the cities original defences.

We walked on Via dell’Acquedotto, which is an ancient path that used to serve as an aqueduct providing fresh water for the city. There are beautiful views over the city as you walk on the path.

Perugia

Usually visited within a tour in Tuscany region of Italy, Florence deserves at least one full day. Here's an itinerary that made me fall in love with the city.

Because I arrived in the city by train, my first stop was Accademia Gallery, which is on the way from the train station to the city center. It's a beautiful art museum with artworks by by Michelangelo, Renaissance paintings and Russian icons.

Not far from Academia Gallery, it's Mercato Centrale, a place where you can grab a snack and good coffee. It's actually a nice market place on two stores with a great variety of Italian food and products.

The next stop was Florence Cathedral Of Santa Maria Del Fiore, Il Duomo. Duomo is a massive cathedral in the center of Florence built during Florentine Renaissance.

It was there in Florence that I found out that the famous gelato italiano (the Italian ice cream) was born right there in Florence. Gelateria Edoardo is a family business and they sell one of the best ice creams I tasted.

I then reached Ponte Vecchio, the famous Florence landmark, the image that you see on most postcards from the city. This is the only bridge to cross the Arno River that wasn't destroyed during Second World War. It's a covered bridge, now home to  jewelry shops.

Not far from Ponte Vecchio is Piazza Della Signoria, a stunning square surrounded by statues, monuments and fountains.

It's here in Piazza della Signoria that stands Palazzo Vecchio, meaning Old Palace, now home to the town hall of Florence.

Uffizi Gallery is one of the most important art galleries in the world displaying an impressive collection of paintings and artworks, Renaissance masterpieces. If you want to visit, you have to book way in advance.

Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence is a stunning church, the final resting place of Michelangelo and Galileo.

Piazza di Santa Croce is a beautiful square and nice place to have a rest after so much visiting admiring the views from there and the passers-by.

In the end, I stopped at All’Antico Vinaio to boog a good panino

One Day in Florence

We had a few days off and shortly decided to book a flight to Sicily to relax on its beautiful beaches at the Mediterranean. We arrived in Catania.

We took the train to Giardini Naxos. We decided to stay here for its sandy long and wide beaches and also because it's close to Taormina that we wanted to visit. On this first day, we simply relaxed at the beach.

We had breakfast and headed to the train station.

We arrived in Taormina and decided we will dedicate the day to the beautiful city.

We started with a a walk at Isola Bella, which is a tiny, rocky island within a nature reserve and pebble beaches, just at the foot of Taormina.

We decided to walk towards the town of Taomina. That includes climbing the steep streets but the view is very nice and we enjoyed the cute streets and houses on the way.

We arrived at Teatro Antico di Taormina and visited the spectacular remains of ancient Greco-Roman theater now serving as an open air museum and also for entertainment events. There's a superb view of Mount Etna, the volcano, from there.

We walked on the streets of beautiful Taormina admiring every corner of it till we arrived at Piazza IX Aprile, which is large a spectacular square with a church, nice cafes and a balustrade with magnificent view over Mount Etna, Naxos bay and the ruins of the ancient theater. We took our time here to rest and to contemplate.

We decided to walk further up, to Castelmola, which is a small lovely town above Taormina. We took a side hike with stairs and cactuses on the way till we reached the village.

Piazza Saint Antonio in Castelmola is a beautiful square in Castelmola with superb view over Taormina and the sea. From there we slowly climbed down on foot also.

We enjoyed the beach some more before we headed back home.

It was a pleasant short Sicilian holiday. :

Short Sicilian Holiday

Turin is an elegant Italian city with cosmopolitan air and beautiful architecture on a scenic landscape, with the mountains on the background. It's known for being home of some great brands, like Fiat, Lavazza coffee and Ferrero chocolate.

Piazza Castello is an important square of the city surrounded by historical monuments. The square is a popular place both for tourists and locals, especially in the summer when there are refreshing water jets in the middle of the square where you can cool off.

In Piazza Castello, we visited the beautiful Royal Palace of Turin. It was built in 1646 and it served as a royal residence for over 200 years. Today, it's possible to visit some sections of the palace, like the king’s apartments, the royal library or the royal gardens.

Also in Piazza Castello, there's Palazzo Madama. It was at the beggining a medieval castle, then transformed in a palace with a baroque façade. Inside Madama Palace, we visited Turin City Museum of Ancient Art with a nice collection of ceramics, scultptures and drawings. We also climbed on top of the palace and admired a great view over the city.

On of the coolest museums I've seen is National Museum of Cinema located in the Mole Antonelliana. As Turin is the birthplace of Italian cinema, it's not a big surprise to find an incredible museum dedicated to scinema in the city. The cinema has a panoramic elevator with transparent walls that will takes visitors to the Mole platform where they get a 360° view of Turin.

Piazza San Carlo is an one of the main squares in Turin. It's an elegant pedestrian square with arcades, twin churches and equestrian statue in the middle.

The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist is the main church of Turin. It has a historic bell tower and a chapel which is home to the famous Shroud of Turin.

The Automobile Museum was named by Times magazine as one of the 50 best museums in the world. It has a great collection of rare cars and vehicles.

After visiting quite a lot of museums and historical building, we took a walk in the park. Parco del Valentino is a popular place for picnic or stroll in Turin.  It's located right along the Po River.

For the perfect view of Turin, we headed to Monte dei Cappucini. Located on a hill across the Po River, the church has a great panoramic view over the city with Mole Antonelliana in the middle.

We got back in the city center and admired another beautiful square of the city, Piazza Vittorio Veneto and the beautiful views over the river from there.

We had dinner at Porto di Savona, in Piazza Vittorio Veneto. It offers typical Piedmontese cuisine and the prices are affordable.

Beautiful Turin

The small northern Italian town is probably best known food related. It's home to famous "Parmigiano Reggiano", the hard granular cheese we eat on pasta and also "Prosciutto di Parma", the delicious ham. It's fair wnough to visit the city for its delicious dishes and products, but it has much more to offer.

Parma is not a large city, so you can simply walk around and explore the main attractions on foot. We started our tour of the city in the center, with beautiful Duomo di Parma. It's a landmark of the city, a Romanesque cathedral with impressive frescoes and a striking frescoed cupola.

Not far from the cathedral, there's National Gallery, home to some of Italy’s most famous artists’ works. Leonardo Da Vinci, Correggio or Botticelli have some of their best work displayed in National Gallery of Parma.

Farese Theater is a stunnig theater built entirely of wood. The building is reconstructed, but it still has an old air and fine timber smell.

We stopped to eat at Pepen. It's a small local business where we had delicious sandwiches. We had to wait in line a bit, but we enjoyed the experience sitting there with locals waiting patiently for our "panini".

After we ate, we crossed Parma River and took a walk in Parco Ducale, green space with tree lined avenues, and sculptures, dating back to the 16th century.

We continued our walk back in the city on Via Ferdinando Maestri. It's a beuatiful street with lamps hanging above the street. They light up in the evening.

We stopped for dinner at Trattoria Corrieri, a cosy restaurant that dates back to 1800. They serve delicious local food. It was a perfect place to end our experience in lovely Parma.

One Day in Parma

The city of Naples is a city which is excellent for walking around. It's pretty different from other major cities in Italy, like Milan or Florence, it's a picturesque and crazy city.

We started our full day in Naples with a walk in the old Spanish quarter of Naples, stolling the picturesque narrow streets with laundry hanging between buildings and balconies.

To be honest, we really did not care that much about Naples museums or tourist attractions, because we think that's not what Naples is about, we prefered to walk the streets and feel the vibe of the place, but we did check a few, like the landmark Piazza del Plebiscito, a beautiful square, home to the neo-classical Royal Palace.

Then we took a walk along the very beautiful promenade by the sea, Lungomare with a nice view over the city and the sea. You can actually see Mount Vesuvius from there.

And paid a visit to the beautiful castle Ovo Castle standing on a small island of the sea connected to the mailnad.

And also visited the touristic port of Mergelina, where fishermen sell their freshly caught fish. There's a nice cityline view from there.

While in Naples, we had to check the pizza. They say it's the best pizza in the world. And it is. The most famous pizzeria in Naples is L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele, indeed we had the most delicious pizza ever.

Today we booked a guided tour to Pompeii, the archaeological site, the reason for our trip in the area.

Pompeii is a vast and impressive archaeological site South of Naples, the destroyed Roman city that was buried by volcanic lava in 79 AD. Visitors can freely explore the excavated ruins of streets and houses and the Roman city remains.

The guided tour we booked included a visit to Mount Vesuvius as well that we could admire the previous day from Naples. We hiked to the summit of the volcano where you can look into the crater and and admire the views of the Bay of Naples.

Before we left we walked on some more narrow streets of the city and checked a local food market with lousy 

Naples and Pompeii

From Milan you can easily reach the Swiss city of Lugano, which is actually in Italian speaking region named Ticino.

Lugano is a good place for a summer weekend getaway. The Swiss city is located near the Italian-Swiss border in the mountains. There are plenty to see and do around the area of Ticino, to fill two nice days. I started my weekend there with a walk along Lugano lake.

I walked along the lake towards Parco Ciani, which is a nice lakefront park with fine paths and great views over the lake and mountains.

I explored the old centre of Lugano with its beautiful streets and plazas and Renaissance and Baroque churches, convents and palaces.

We stopped to eat at La Tinèra, In Italian rustic eatery where we had some delicious Ticinese dishes, like schnitzel covered with egg and cheese and risotto.

On the second day of the weekend we decided to try a bit of hiking. There are several hiking trails in the area. We chose to explore Monte San Salvatore.

From Lugano, we took the cable care up the mountain, to Monte San Salvatore. It's a peaceful place with nice views over the lake, the mountains and the town.

Our hiking trail was actually descending to another part of the lake, so it was not that difficult to take, we simply enjoyed the landscape, the panoramic views and the fresh air on our way down.

We descented in Morcote, a very beautiful town also on Lugano Lake. We explored the town which was voted as the prettiest village of Switzerland some years ago.

Chiesa Santa Maria del Sasso sits at the top of the village and there's a great panoramic view from there.

We descented from the church walking on narrow cobblestone streets with colorful houses and restaurants.

From Morcote we took a ferry back to Lugano and admired the area from the water as well.

Weekend in Lugano

This is a one week holiday in the dreamland of the Amalfi Coast. We landed in Naples and took a ferry from Naples to Amalfi.

We had accommodation in Amalfi, which is the central town on the Amalfi Coast. We decided to stay central, in Amalfi, and move daily to different towns of the coast to ofully explore the wonderful area of gorgeous towns of the Amalfi Coast.

Today we dedicated the day to explore the beautiful town of Amalfi. We started with the town’s central square, Piazza Duomo and then walked the streets and stairs of the town with the coulourful buildings. From Piazza Duomo, we climbed the steps to visit the Duomo di Amalfi and the small museum there. In the afternoon we enjoyed the small beach of Amalfi and ended the day with a walk along the harbour and with a first beautiful sunset of the holiday.

Today we took a boat ride to Positano. It's just a half an hour away from Amalfi but the ride is very scenic with that long coastline beauty view from the boat. 

We arrived at Spiaggia Grande and climbed the stairs to Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta to visit the church.

Bach to Spaggia Grande and the to the town of Positano to explore the maze of streets lined with boutiques and cafes.

When we had enough of the town, we took Via Positanesi d’America walkway towards Spiaggia di Fornillo, which is a very beautiful and quiet place for bathing and sunbathing.

Took the boat back to Amalfi and admired the beautiful sunset from the boat.

Had an Italian breakfast  at Pizzeria Donna Stella in the heart of Amalfi before leaving the town for the day.

Took the bus to gorgeous Ravello town. We visited the town’s elegant central piazza and stopped in the Duomo. Then took an easy walk through the quiet streets of Ravello to reach the Villa Cimbrone and then towards Terrace of Infinity which offers a stunning view over the sea and the coastline.

Today we took the ferry for a longer ride towards the spectacular Island of Capri. We took the stairs on foot to reach Capri town. You can also take the funicular. We walked around the gorgeous streets and enjoy all panoramic points on our walk. Stopped at Giardini di Augusto, where we found the perfect look over the sea. Back in the main port for another boat ride.

This time we took a boat ride around the Island of Capri with a stop at Grotta Azzurra, which is one of the most spectacylar caves I've seen. We entered the cave with small boats with Italian boatmen.

Back to Capri mai port and then back to Amalfi town.

Today we took a tour to Pompeii, the vast archaeological site with ruins of the Roman city destroyed by volcanic lava back in 79 AD. It's impressive to walk on those streets where 2000 years ago used to live and walk and the Romans.

After a late breakfast on Amalfi, it was time to leave the amazing Italian coast.

Arrived in Naples and took a walk in the 

Amazing Amalfi Coast

Calabria region in South Italy is a beautiful area with nice coastal towns, cute fishing villages and some of the greatest beaches. We arrived in Lamezia and rented a car from the airport. I was thrilled about our holiday that was just starting. 

First stop was Pizzo, a pretty town perched on a rock above the gulf of Santa Eufemia. It also has some of the most 
beautiful beaches and the crystal clear sea, that's why tourists like the place so much. Plus a few great coves and caves, like Blue Grotto

We arrived in the evenion in Tropea, spent the night here.

Today we explored Tropea town, with its narrow streets, beautiful cliffs and, of course, sandy beaches with turquoise waters and beautiful view over the Tyrrhenian Sea. You can even see Sicily from here.

Visited small fishing village of Briatico. It's an incredibly quite town, the kind of destinoation you chose to clear your mind and take in the beauty and the calmness.

It's one of the most picturesque spot in the region. Stretches of soft sand sloping into blue sea backed by green hills.

Another superb spot of the area with incredible views over the sea is in Palmi. We hiked to Mt. Sant’Elia in Palmi, this beautiful strip above the sea, there's a panoramic viewpoint over Sicily from there.

We also visited Scilla, a charming village known for its legends. It's the site of the sea monster Scylla from Greek mythology.

Today we visited Bagnara Calabra, a coastal village with sandy beaches.

Then visited Reggio Calabria, the oldest city in the region and the largest. It occupies " the toe" in Italy's boot. It has a nice promenade above the sea and a fantastic castle that can be visited, Castello Aragonese.

Summer in Calabria

Probably one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, Rome has plenty to offer to visitors coming from all over the world. I was in Rome for two days and already fell in love with the place.

I started my tour around Rome with one of the most iconic landmarks of the city, Colosseum, the fabulous Roman amphitheater. It's better to book tickets in advance in order to skip the long line.


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